Vessel.



PATENTBD FEB. 28, 1905.

-L. R. MOORE.

VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1904.

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SIATES Patented February 28, 1905.

LOG-AN R. MOORE, OF SALTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEQSEL...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,795, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed April 4, 1904. Serial No. 201.446.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOGAN R. MOORE, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Saltsburg, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vessels, oi which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to vessels, measures, and like articles, and has for its object the provision of novel means for preventing thefluid from running down the side of the vessel while pouring liquid from the same and for preventing the dripping of fluid from the edge or lip oi the vessel after a quantity has been poured out.

In carrying my invention into eifect I provide a vessel of any character adapted to contain liquids with a ledge or flange which I arrange under the upper edge of the vessel or under the lip or pouring-spout of the same, when the same is formed with such ledge or pouring-spout, and the said ledge or flange may entirely surround the vessel or partly sur round the same, it being only necessary to locate it at such position that it will prevent the liquid from running down the side of the vessel and receive the drip from that part of the vessel from which its contents are poured. In the case of a bucket, for instance, 1 form the ledge or flange in two sections, extending each from the bail-ear on one side of the bucket to the bail-ear on the other side of the same, and in the case of a measure or a similar vessel having a pouring lip or spout I locate the ledge below the spout only.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bucket having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

The vessel 1 (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) is an ordinary metallic bucket and is provided with the usual bail-ears 2 2, the bail 3, and the handle 4. Beneath the upper edge of the vessel 1 I arrange two semicircular flanges or ledges 5 5, each ledge extending from near the bail ear 2 on one side of the vessel to near the bailear 2 on the other side, these flanges being preferably flat horizontally-disposed plates and being suitably secured in position by soldering, riveting, or other proper means.

In operation the vessels to which my improvement is applied are used in the ordinary manner, and if the fluid starts running down the side it will strike the ledge or flange and be directed in the proper course, and after any fluid has been poured from the vessel and the vessel is restored to the upright position that portion of the fluid which adheres to the edge of the vessel or to the pouring-lip, when the vessel is formed with such lip, will fall upon the ledge, and although the ledge may be fiat on top it will receive and hold a considerable amount of fluid and will prevent the same from falling upon the floor or other sur- 7 face upon which the vessel rests. When the drip has been caught by the ledge or flange, it is either allowed to evaporate or it is wiped ofl with a cloth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a vessel having a lip at its edge, bails on each side, and a handle attached to said bails, of a ledge attached to 30 the vessel immediately below the lip and extending around the vessel, said ledge being cut away on both sides to accommodate said ears, and the said ledge extending farther beyond the sides of the vessel than the said lip. 5

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOGAN R. .ll IOORE.

Witnesses:

I'LL. l/VEAMER, J. F. PIPER. 

